Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Classic Rock Songs) for Tuesday, May 23, 2017:
Jonathan Cain was a struggling musician when his father told him to keep at it & never give up, inspiring this 3-word 1981 title
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Kelly Sullivan, an actuary from Glen Allen, Virginia |
Daniel Okamura, a lecturer from Los Angeles, California |
Tanya Obreiter, a cell biologist from Frederick, Maryland (1-day total: $34,805) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is “Don’t Stop Believin'”?[/spoiler]
Jonathan Cain, Journey’s keyboardist, provided the title “Don’t Stop Believin'” from his conversations with his father, who said “Don’t stop believing or you’re done”.
It had a resurgence in popularity after its use in the finale of The Sopranos in 2007 and has since become the #1 paid digital download of any song released in the 20th century.
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I predict that Kelly and Tanya get it right, Tanya wins again, and Daniel doesn’t get to play Final.
I predict one of the players gets it right, but doesn’t get it correct.
I wonder if they’ll accept Believing for Believin’? (I never realized it was the latter until now.)
Mark’s “prediction” leads me to “no” and what I predict will be a headache come 8:30 tonight.
1) I think we have our answer.
2) My first prediction is wrong. I could still have a headache, though, come 8:30. I’ll update this second prediction then.
Update: The overly pedantic reactions to tonight’s outcome on the Internet are giving me a headache.
Scores going into Final:
Tanya $15,800
Daniel $12,600
Kelly $7,400
Final results:
Kelly $7,400 – $0 = $7,400 (What is ?)
Daniel $12,600 – $12,599 = $1 (What is Keep On Rocking?)
Tanya $15,800 + $12,605 = $28,405 (What is Don’t Stop Believing?) (2-day total: $63,210)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kelly $5,200
Tanya $3,800
Daniel $3,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) TV KILLERS $400 (18th pick)
Daniel 0 +1000 (Tanya 2600 Kelly 2000)
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2) CATHOLIC GEOGRAPHY $800 (6th pick)
Kelly 5200 -1000 (Tanya 5400 Daniel 4600)
3) PREFIXES $2000 (27th pick, $5600 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Daniel 8600 +4000 (Tanya 15800 Kelly 7400)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: THE 2016 SIENA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS $2000; BRITISH POETS LAUREATE $2000
$ Left On Board: $4,000
Game Stats:
Tanya $15,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer
Kelly $8,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
Daniel $10,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,600
Tanya Obreiter, stats to date:
37 correct
0 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
28.18%% in first on buzzer (31/110)
Average Coryat: $16,900
Tanya Obreiter, to win:
3 games: 58.81%
4: 34.59%
5: 20.34%
6: 11.96%
7: 7.04%
Avg. streak: 3.428 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $101,100
With a projected 68 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.5695 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2392).
An average of 3.9951 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.5034).
An early cutoff took place 21.877% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Tanya Obreiter qualified 23.866% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 34.366% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 7.546% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 1.213% of the time.
Miscellany
Never heard of this before, to be honest. I’m curious how the players will be doing. Am a little confused by Mark’s prediction”right but not correct”?? Do you mean “believing” instead of “believin'”??
I think that’s exactly what he’s predicting. (Hence, my prediction of a headache.)
“Believin'” correctly completes the song title. “Believing” to complete the song title was ruled right. The same thing happened in a previous FJ! round with “Singing in the Rain” accepted even though the correct title is “Singin’ in the Rain.”
Looks like Tanya fancies to wager bigger than necessary in FJ. So far it has worked, 2 days 63.210 is anything but shabby!!
It’ll be interesting to see her in the ToC, given these huge paydays.
I got to say Tanya is mad good but the second she runs into a contestant that’s a buzzer master she’s in a bit of trouble.
You called that one. Mackenzie was a buzzer beast.